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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “ordered product”

wp.org orders by popularity, so a plugin a host bundled onto millions of sites, or a big-brand one that's slow and mediocre, can sit at the top. Our ranking is built to answer a different question: which of these is actually worth installing. How this works →

For “ordered product”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 6 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

wp.org search ranks on

Install count (uncapped), the raw star average, freshness, and support. Popularity dominates, so the biggest install base usually wins regardless of how it got there.

We add

A cap on the install boost, volume-weighted ratings, and signals wp.org can't see: whether it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Product Price History for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #7 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 800+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 9 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Advanced Coupons for WooCommerce – BOGO, Store Credit & WooCommerce Coupons places #8 on merit, 4.4★ from 184 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Weight Based Shipping Table Rate for WooCommerce – Flexible Shipping 100K+ · 4.9★ (706) wp.org #4 ↓2 3 too low 2 WPC Grouped Product for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.9★ (27) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button 200K+ · 4.9★ (696) wp.org #6 ↑4 3 too low 4 Product Option Kit – Product Options & Addons for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #1 ↑5 3 too high 5 AI Product Tools – Bulk Product Content Generator & AI Toolkit for WooCommerce 500+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #5 6 Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce 60K+ · 4.8★ (248) wp.org #9 ↓5 3 too low 7 PRENA – Product Pre-Orders for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Advanced Coupons for WooCommerce – BOGO, Store Credit & WooCommerce Coupons 20K+ · 4.4★ (184) wp.org #17 ↑1 9 too low 9 Extra Product Options Builder for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (94) wp.org #11 ↓2 2 too low 10 Product Code for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.9★ (30) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Tabbed Category Product Listing for Woocommerce 1K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 B2BKing — Ultimate WooCommerce B2B and Wholesale Plugin — Wholesale Prices, Bulk Order Form & More 10K+ · 4.9★ (109) wp.org #21 9 too low 13 Email Marketing for WooCommerce by Omnisend 40K+ · 4.9★ (169) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 Quotes for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (61) wp.org #10 ↑1 4 too high 15 UpsellWP – Upsell and Related Products Offers for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (149) wp.org #15 16 PiWeb Cancel order / Refund request for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (39) wp.org #14 ↑2 2 too high 17 Product Price History for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #7 10 too high 18 Notifima – WooCommerce Stock Manager, Inventory Management, Waitlist 2K+ · 4.4★ (46) wp.org #16 ↓2 2 too high 19 Klaviyo 100K+ · 2.8★ (24) wp.org #13 6 too high 20 Pay with Vipps and MobilePay for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too high 21 Product Table For WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 Precious Metals Product Prices for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #22 23 U2Code Product Multicurrency for WooCommerce 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑3 3 too high 24 Free Product Samples for WooCommerce – Try Before You Buy, Request Samples by Mail 60+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #24

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 1M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted Bayesian score and a Wilson lower bound, and keeps wp.org's own freshness and compatibility decays. Method from the plugin-directory source; see Meta Trac #8298. Positions are tracked daily from the first visit to a keyword, so the small arrows show movement since tracking began.